A SCALE DEVELOPMENT STUDY: THE HUMAN PAPİLLOMA VIRUS (HPV) LİTERACY CALE
Nihan Türkoğlu1, Suna Akpinar Ay2
1Atatürk University Faculty of Nursing, Department of Public Health Nursing, Erzurum, Turkey.
Purpose:
This study aims to develop and validate a reliable and comprehensive scale to measure human papillomavirus (HPV) literacy, addressing its contribution to public health education and intervention strategies.
Methods:
This methodological and cross-sectional design research sample consisted of 407 individuals. The study data were collected via the HPV literacy scale and personal information form. In the scale's validity and reliability phase, content validity, item analyses, and exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were performed.
Results:
In this study, the internal consistency reliability of the scale was found to be .97. The item-total score correlation values of the scale were between .557 and .788. The factor loading between the items varied between .544 and .798, and the total variance explained was 66.7%. As a result of EFA, a three-factor structure with an eigenvalue exceeding 1 was obtained. In the confirmatory factor analysis, it was determined that the fit indices were at an acceptable level (CMIN/DF=4.40, RMSEA= 0.072, CFI= 0.94, NFI=0.92, AGFI=0.87 and GFI=0.89).
Conclusion:
According to the analysis, the scale is a valid and reliable tool that can be applied to Turkish society.
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